A Slow Fire Burning
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Narrated by:
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Rosamund Pike
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By:
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Paula Hawkins
About this listen
An instant number one New York Times best seller
The scorching new thriller from the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Girl on the Train.
“A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent and intensely human.” (Lee Child)
“Only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book’s ending.” (New York Times)
With the same propulsion that captivated millions of listeners worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, murder, and revenge.
When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrongs done to them.
When it comes to revenge, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame?
Look what you started.
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Critic reviews
“Sure to set the literary world on fire.”—Good Morning America
“A Slow Fire Burning is a classic whodunit that unfolds the mystery until the very last page.”—USA Today
“[It] Simmers…this one is indeed a page-turner….like a good curry, layered with spices, percolating for about 300 pages, leaving readers sated at the end.” —The Associated Press
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,713
April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Way too long and way too whiney - needed editing
- By Anonymous User on 07-14-22
By: Ruth Ware
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Into the Water
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman, Daniel Weyman, Imogen Church, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13,829
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,444
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12,429
A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely 15-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from - a place to which she vowed she'd never return.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't Hold Your Breath
- By Anonymous User on 05-07-17
By: Paula Hawkins
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The Blue Hour
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 146
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Story3 out of 5 stars 146
Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Another overhyped dismal book
- By Anonymous User on 11-01-24
By: Paula Hawkins
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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140,779
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124,009
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123,884
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Girl on The Train
- By Anonymous User on 12-30-15
By: Paula Hawkins
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The Hours
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation
- By: Michael Cunningham
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar, full cast, Rosamund Pike, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Three separate women, living in different locations and eras, are linked by their passion for Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway. As they each live through a Tuesday in June, their thoughts and experiences mirror each other and become interwoven. In Richmond in 1923, Virginia Woolf struggles to write a novel whose protagonist is Mrs Dalloway. In Los Angeles in 1949, Laura ignores her chores and small son to sit in bed reading Mrs Dalloway. In 1990s New York, Clarissa goes to buy flowers for a party, mirroring the start of the fictional Mrs Dalloway’s day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable ABRIDGED version
- By Anonymous User on 06-21-19
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The Lies We Hide: An Absolutely Gripping and Darkly Compelling Novel
- By: S. E. Lynes
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4 out of 5 stars 208
Thirty years ago, Nicola Watson lived with her parents and older brother in a respectable suburb. Now a successful lawyer in the city, with a life poles apart from her dark beginnings, Nicola has returned home for her mother’s funeral. All Carol wanted was to protect her children, but escaping her husband was only the beginning of the story. And when Nicola learns the truth of what her mother did, it will change everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. A gripping, emotional story of family secrets, and the strength of a mother’s love in the darkest times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So well done
- By GCS18 on 03-13-20
By: S. E. Lynes
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The It Girl
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,768
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,743
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,713
April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Way too long and way too whiney - needed editing
- By Anonymous User on 07-14-22
By: Ruth Ware
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What to Do When Someone Dies
- A Novel
- By: Nicci French
- Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 65
Ellie Falkner’s world has been destroyed. Her husband, Greg, died in a car crash - and he wasn’t alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone, a woman Ellie’s never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it’s the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was - and prove Greg wasn’t having an affair. And soon she is chillingly certain their deaths were no accident.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Flops around like a dead fish
- By Anonymous User on 10-28-21
By: Nicci French
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Pretty Things
- A Novel
- By: Janelle Brown
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Lauren Fortgang, Hillary Huber
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,439
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22,415
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,301
Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in LA alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SO GOOD
- By Anonymous User on 04-28-20
By: Janelle Brown
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The Night She Disappeared
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,786
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,491
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,432
On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite place for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh my… gave me chills
- By Anonymous User on 09-10-21
By: Lisa Jewell
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The Maidens
- A Novel
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Louise Brealey
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,350
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,265
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8,233
Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 06-15-21
By: Alex Michaelides
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The Disappearing Act
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,861
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,844
A leading British actress hoping to make a splash in America flies to Los Angeles for the grueling gauntlet known as pilot season, a time when every network and film studio looking to fill the rosters of their new shows entice a fresh batch of young hopefuls - anxious, desperate, and willing to do whatever it takes to make it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Does not disappoint
- By Anonymous User on 06-10-21
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The Heiress
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Hawkins, Kiara Ronaghan
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Eliza Foss, John Pirhalla
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,948
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,861
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,860
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But in the aftermath of her death, her adopted son, Camden, wants little to do with the house or the money—and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can’t get over the mispronunciation of Appalachia
- By Anonymous User on 01-16-24
By: Rachel Hawkins, and others
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What Happened to the Bennetts
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,299
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,740
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,699
Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh my gosh! You have outdone yourself! 💚🍀
- By Anonymous User on 03-30-22
By: Lisa Scottoline
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Zero Days
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 999
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 897
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 897
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her despair, the police are closing in on their suspect—her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Never been so happy for a book to be over. Disappointing read.
- By Anonymous User on 06-25-23
By: Ruth Ware
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Dark Places
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30,341
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,788
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26,793
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas". As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived, and famously testified that her 15-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting but brutal
- By Anonymous User on 12-09-12
By: Gillian Flynn
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Watching You
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,621
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,600
Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England. It’s the sort of place where doctors and lawyers and old-money academics live. It’s not the sort of place where people get stabbed in the back 30 times with a kitchen knife in their own homes. Someone must have seen something. Newlywed Joey Mullen, for example, recently returned from four years of working in Ibiza. She and her husband, Alfie, are eager to find a place of their own in her hometown. But Joey finds herself distracted by the man next door, Tom Fitzwilliam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Soooo good!!
- By Anonymous User on 02-06-19
By: Lisa Jewell
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An Ambush of Widows
- By: Jeff Abbott
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,549
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,231
Henry North is a down-on-his-luck cybersecurity expert from New Orleans. Adam Zhang is the cofounder of one of Austin’s most successful venture capitalist firms. These two men didn’t know each other. They had never met. Yet they died together, violently, in a place neither had any business being. When Henry doesn’t return from a business trip, his wife, Kirsten, panics - and then gets an anonymous phone call: “Your husband is dead in Austin.”
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen
- By Anonymous User on 10-24-21
By: Jeff Abbott
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The Burning Girls
- A Novel
- By: C. J. Tudor
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Richard Armitage
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,424
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,267
A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, local Protestant martyrs were betrayed - then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church. Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife with conspiracies and secrets, and is greeted with a strange welcome package.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Implausible and gory thriller by CJ Tudor
- By Anonymous User on 02-28-21
By: C. J. Tudor